A mod of the original Red Dead Redemption is being created for GTA V and today the team revealed some footage.

The Red Dead Redemption GTA V mod is a story mode modification based on the Xbox version of the original game. The aim of the mod is to get as close to the original game as possible. With PC gamers never having had the opportunity to play what was hailed a huge hit on consoles, it’s not surprising a mod team has decided to utlise the power of GTA V to create a mod.

According to the ‘.White ‘ mod team working on this, it’s not been an easy nut to crack. This is not surprising because by all accounts Red Dead Redemption was a bit of a code mess. The mod team is aiming to make visual improvements on this PC version and they are remaking many of the maps.

The mod is not available yet but the plan is to get a beta out this summer. Let’s hope Rockstar don’t announce a PC version of the original before then or all this good work will go to waste. That’s pretty unlikely to happen at this late stage.

The ‘.White ‘  team has released the first trailer which shows off the scenery and it looks pretty damn good.

You can follow the development progress in this thread.

Update: For some unknown reason, the video has now vanished so keep an eye on the above linked thread in case it reappears.

Update 2: Take 2 steps in and puts a stop to the project.

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Even though it’s the weekend, Take 2 have stepped in and put a stop to the Red Dead Redemption GTA 5 mod that was being worked on by the ‘.White’ mod team.

In under 24 hours, the mod is dead in the water following a takedown request from Take 2 on the trailer which the mod team released yesterday. A post from the team in the forum reads:

“I know this is hard pill to swallow, but as you may have noticed we did get contacted , and we sadly have to say we are stopping this project. So thanks guys, we were all so happy to see this, but it isn’t going to happen, sorry.”

Are we surprised? Not really. When it comes to GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption, Take 2 are super protective. A further note from the mod team clarified their project goals.

“For the record this was never going to be a “pc port” it was just gonna be the map …

“Undertaking this sort of a project with additional content ported over was never feasable, we were only gonna get a way to convert the map with both legal copies of each game, and some custom scripted additional content, there was never any intention or mention to either port a storymode over from RDR to V.”

PC Gamers are not going to get their Red Dead Redemption fix any time soon I’m afraid and this should be a warning to modders who have any similar plans in the pipeline. Take 2 will step in and put a stop to it.

Many of you wanted to see the trailer so here it is again. Note that this one may also vanish.

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Thanks Snorting Asbestos via Twitter.

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